Meeting Summary

The Governing Board met on Thursday October 9th, 2025 @7:00 PM for what was scheduled to be a 2 hours and 49 minutes long meeting. Present: Jonathan Baker, Hannah Heck, Ashley Pruitt, Chris Tuten, Alyson West, Julius Farrington, Tiffany Chen, Jessica Weissinger, Katrina Mitchell, Susan Beckett-Mitchell, Erika Williams Not Present: none

The members considered the following items:

1. Welcome and Call to Order
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes from Sep 11, 2025
4. Mission Statement
5. Public Comment
6. Community Council Report
7. Finance Committee Report
8. School Leader Report
9. Governance Committee Report
10. Development Committee Report
11. Executive Session

The committee considered 8 motions, of which 8 passed, and 0 failed:

1. Approve the agenda as submitted (passed)
2. Approve the July 11, 2025 minutes as submitted (passed)
3. Approve issuance of the 2025 audited financial statements subject to increasing board-designated net assets to 3 months. (passed)
4. Approve the proposed hire for Special Education Lead Teacher role (passed)
5. Ratify conditional approval of playscape contract. (passed)
6. Enter executive session for the following protected discussions: (1) periodic personnel evaluation, (2) protected student information under FERPA, and (3) consultations with the attorney regarding covered legal matters. (passed)
7. Exit Executive Session (passed)

8. Approve the 12.4% bonus for Executive Director for 2024-25 school year (passed)

   The meeting adjourned at 9:36PM